Obama to Aid Uzbek Dictatorship admin, November 9, 2011August 18, 2024 Foreign Policy In Focus//Institute for Polcy Studies November 9, 2011 Also: Eurasia Review, Truthout, Huffington Post, Antiwar.com and Scott Horton Show: The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, in a move initiated by the Obama administration, has voted to waive Bush-era human rights restrictions on military aid to the Islam Karimov dictatorship in Uzbekistan, one of the most brutal and repressive regimes on the planet… FPIF Regional Profile Obama Foreign Policy